ECHR to be suspended for 1 - 1,5 months due to announcing a statea of emergencyfollowing the attempted coup

Turkey will temporarily suspend the implementation of European Convention on Human Rights due to announcing a state of emergency following the attempted coup. According to The Independent, Numan Kurtulmus, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister said on Thursday that Turkey would “follow the example set by France when it did so following last November's attacks by ISIS militants in Paris.”

He assured that basic rights and freedoms won’t be discriminated.

He also stated that state of emergency will last for a month or a month and a half. S it was reported earlier, President Recep Erdogan introduced the state of emergency for 3 months.